Joseph Broussard
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Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, was a leader amongst the Acadian people in Acadie; later renamed Nove Scotia. He was born in Port Royal (Annnapolis Royal, NS) in 1702, and died in St. Martinville, La in 1765. The exact date of his death is unknown, but assumed to have been on or around Octber 20th, 1765.
He was a leader of the armed resistance against the British explusion of the Acadians from the territory.